retention.dat file over-written on startup

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We have the below configuration related to retention and with it we expect that the retention.dat file is on a mount because we want to preserve the file across restarts. However, upon nagios start, the retention.dat file is written over and state is not preserved. What are we doing wrong?

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# /omd/sites/aegismk/etc/nagios/nagios.d/retention.cfg:19
retain_state_information=1
### /omd/sites/aegismk/etc/nagios/nagios.d/retention.cfg:29
###retention_update_interval=60 override in nagios.cfg
# /omd/sites/aegismk/etc/nagios/nagios.d/retention.cfg:38
use_retained_program_state=1
# /omd/sites/aegismk/etc/nagios/nagios.d/retention.cfg:47
use_retained_scheduling_info=1
# /omd/sites/aegismk/etc/nagios/nagios.d/retention.cfg:63
retained_host_attribute_mask=0
# /omd/sites/aegismk/etc/nagios/nagios.d/retention.cfg:66
retained_service_attribute_mask=0
# /omd/sites/aegismk/etc/nagios/nagios.d/retention.cfg:72
retained_process_host_attribute_mask=0
# /omd/sites/aegismk/etc/nagios/nagios.d/retention.cfg:73
retained_process_service_attribute_mask=0
# /omd/sites/aegismk/etc/nagios/nagios.d/retention.cfg:79
retained_contact_host_attribute_mask=0
# /omd/sites/aegismk/etc/nagios/nagios.d/retention.cfg:80
retained_contact_service_attribute_mask=0

# /omd/sites/aegismk/etc/nagios/nagios.cfg:15
state_retention_file=/data/omd/sites/aegismk/var/nagios/retention.dat
# /omd/sites/aegismk/etc/nagios/nagios.cfg:17
retention_update_interval=10